It supports all aspects of the unit and its expansion to what it is today. It provides additional equipment, training and research not funded by the NHS.

Now, the charity has set itself its first ever fundraising target - to raise £1m to fund the major upgrade of an MRI scanner so it can deliver state-of-the-art scanning and a full Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging (CMR) service.

“Stan would be proud that something positive can come out of this,” said Lyn.